Yha Christchurch

Finished my tour with Stray and checked in at YHA Christchurch for a one night stay before taking the Akaroa Shuttle over to the Banks Peninsular for a chill-out couple of days before Linda arrives on the 29th - want to have enough energy to match ...

... een suite geboekt bij de YHA Backpackers en ik moet zeggen, de Backpackers worden steeds beter! We zitten echt hartje centrum in Christchurch en hebben denk ik wel de grootste kamer so far voor het minste geld haha Zit zelfs een openhaard in en een eigen ...

... could go wrong? The rest of the day we spent exploring the city. We climbed the cathedral tower to get a birds eye view of Christchurch, then got a hotdog and mooched around the shops. We made a fab lasagne (first time weŽd had an oven since the trip ...

...and after dreading having to come back for a few days I almost feel like I've come home! Staying at the YHA which is actually a really nice hostel, and Karen and Salla are staying here too so they'll be here later :-) I have a couple of days before I ...

... it officially marks the start of the adventure. A big thank you to the crew of EK412 from Dubai to Sydney, and Sydney to Christchurch… They took excellent care and were a very friendly bunch! I might just favor this flight as one my best Emirates ...

... pick me up where I gt dropped off after the tour, so I just hunkered down and looked forward to getting to the next stop.   Christchurch was bathed in warm sunshine so Abi and I went and did a bit of exploring. We took in the Cathedral and the Art ...

... was perfect. It felt just like a sunny November day back at home. We walked out again, this time towards the Botanic Gardens. Christchurch has a really lovely cathedral right in the centre of town and lots of other older buildings so it feels a lot more ...

... holiday may need to be to NZ for this very reason! The last leg of our journey was an express journey up to Christchurch- a rather long and dull day apart from the spectacular views of Mt. Cook and the lakes which were a brilliant blue colour because ...

... , and my main hope is that they'll have more pizza so it doesn't run out quite so quickly. Since I got back to Christchurch I've eaten at a Japanese restaurant and a Thai restaurant.  Both of them were quite good.  Lunch today is in about an ...

The afternoon was spent in the ChristChurch Art Gallery. A surprisingly good museum. I particularly enjoyed the exhibit on William Morris and Co., the London-based interior designer. After the museum I went and worked out and then had dinner at Dux de ...

After I visited the boring Art Center in Christchurch, I bought my meal for this ...

Today I visited the Art Center in Christchurch. A lot stupid thing to see. Then I buyed some things to eat. Thats it. bllody boring ...

... enough to last me until I arrived home! Which meant I was hunting out the free activities of which there are plenty. The Christchurch Botanic Gardens were beautiful, especially the Rose Garden. I also went to the Xmas Party in the Park with Gwawr, Oli ...

When I first arrived in Christchuch about 12 days ago, I decided to stay put and relax from the jetlag flying to the end of the world. Today, I'm going around to Christchurch to see it, really what it has to offer the discerning lonely ...

... lol. I listened to my Ipod for quite a while today too on the bus.     So once we were in Christchurch, the Rolleston House YHA was the first stop. It's a cute old building, but the bunks are pretty run down and our floor only has one ...

... area of flat land in NZ, so the scenery was a lot to different to that I had viewed previously. In Christchurch I stayed at the Rolleston House YHA, which is a nice enough hostel (apart from my unfortunate experience with a food thief - came back from a ...

... 'll never forget where we were at 12:51 on Tuesday the 22nd of February 2011. Those moments, standing in Cathedral square, Christchurch will forever remain etched into our memories. The horror of watching as the city crumbled around us and people stumbled ...

... town centre and I wasn't fussed enough to get the tram there.  Even the tourist information focussed more on things outside of Christchurch.  Still, it was a nice place to relax before heading to the North Island.  Next stop ...

    So I spent most of today just exploring Christchurch again. It was another lovely day and I hope it stays that way for Kaikoura tomorrow so I can see some whales! I got to sleep in a little and luckily that snoring lady had left. When I ...